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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joe uses what to find information on Beck?

2. Where did Joe cremate Benji?

3. Following the night at the bar, Beck has trouble doing what?

4. What is the name of the man whom Beck is casually dating?

5. Joe is disappointed by the many people who read what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Beck become angry in the subway station?

2. What does Joe learn about Benji?

3. What information does Joe learn while at Beck's fiction reading?

4. How does Joe meet Beck? What does Joe think about her?

5. Who is Spencer Hewitt? What is significant about him?

6. What special gift does Beck give Joe? Why?

7. How does the trip to IKEA help Joe's relationship with Beck?

8. How does Joe help Beck during a dangerous situation?

9. Why did Mr. Mooney punish Joe? How did he punish him?

10. What is the significance of the red ladle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring how Joe’s relationship with Beck changes over the course of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze how the novel’s settings influence both the character of Joe and the novel’s plot.

Essay Topic 3

Joe finds himself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the story and the characters involved.

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